How do private practitioners in Pakistan manage children suspected having tuberculosis? A cross sectional study
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 15354458 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Aashifa Yaqoob (0000-0002-5680-1507, National Institute of Health, corresponding author), Sven Gudmund Hinderaker (0000-0003-2725-0248, University of Bergen), Razia Fatima (0000-0002-2340-6121, National Institute of Health), Hina Najmi (0000-0001-9287-2380, Health Services Academy), Anwar-ul-Haq Anwar-ul-Haq (Government of Pakistan) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 21 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 71-71 |
| Publication date | 2021-01-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | BMC Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458 |
| Publisher | BioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1186/s12889-020-10053-4 |
| PMID | 33413206 |
| OpenAlex | W3113581818 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 30 |
This study showed that many private providers referred children suspected having TB to laboratories for further diagnosis, but the cases identified in these investigations were often not notified to the NTP. This problem could be resolved by strengthening the referral linkages between private health providers, NTP laboratories and treatment centres through capacity building and training of their staff
Biostatistics · Cross-sectional study · Environmental health · Failure to thrive · Family medicine · Health care · Intensive care medicine · Mycobacterium tuberculosis · Pathology · Public health · Pulmonologists · Tuberculin · Tuberculosis · Tuberculosis diagnosis · Child and Adolescent Health · Child Nutrition and Water Access · Medicine · Nursing · Tuberculosis Research and Epidemiology · Pediatrics
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |